James Beck: “The thing is so unaccountable that I hardly know how to realize it or to persuade myself that I am not under an illusion…”

If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.

We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.

Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.

That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.